From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Frizzling.] [Dim. of friz.]
To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.
[1913 Webster]
To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Frizzling.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in
dial. use.]
1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook
with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.
Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one
tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.
--Mrs. Lincoln
(Cook Book).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]